| abstract | - The House of the Jhereg is one of the seventeen Great Houses of the Dragaeran Empire. The Jhereg Organization, recently also known as the Right Hand of the Jhereg, is the authority of the House. It is lead by the Jhereg Council, of which there are usually around five members who are the most powerful Jhereg in the Empire. The Organization engages in criminal activities of various kinds, reflecting the greed and opportunism of the House; it's the main criminal organization around. The only other known organization in the House is the Left Hand of the Jhereg. A member of House Jhereg doesn't need to be part of an organization. House Jhereg regulates almost all criminal activity in the Empire. Each area where Organization businesses operate falls under the authority of a certain "boss" who owes part of his profit to his superior boss, which eventually ends up in the pockets of the Jhereg Council. Organization businesses are usually one of the following: untaxed gambling, unlicensed brothels, dealing in stolen merchandise and offering loans at illegal rates. 90% of Jhereg activity is in the capital city of Adrilankha. The best thieves and assasins in the Empire reside in the Right Hand of the Jhereg. The two most reliable forces in the Jhereg are money and skill. An individual who posseses such qualities and some degree of courage is usually able build a succesful career. Occasionally, different bosses within the Jhereg may discover a conflict of interest and fight each other about it. Jhereg wars are normally very violent in various ways, muffled, include several assasinations and could last many months. The idea is to take over the opponent's territory and increase profit and reputation. In the Organization, people commonly speak "Jhereg slang" which contains unique terminology (e.g. "neighbourhood" means area; "work" means assasination; "wizard" means someone especially good at a particular job) and is often metaphorical and indirect. In Jhereg meetings, the two bosses frequently speak together like this when discussing business, money and their future.
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